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Pa. Man Didn’t Like It When the Steelers Declined to Take the Field for the National Anthem, so He Painted a Swastika on the Team Flag
The “funny” thing about all this outrage over NFL players (and others) deciding not to stand or participate during the national anthem (or the Pledge of Allegiance) is that white people are proving—whether purposely or not—that they know the protest isn’t about the anthem or veterans but about white supremacy. Take Anton Uhl, for example,…
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Did Mike Tomlin Pull Some Black-Ass Judo With His Answer to Why the Steelers Stayed in the Locker Room?
The present-day Pittsburgh Steelers exist as a paradox. They have been led, for the last 11 years, by a black coach who was considered for the position in large part because of the Rooney Rule—a policy requiring NFL teams to interview minority candidates for coaching and upper-management positions. The rule is named after Dan Rooney—the…